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Ascension

Phage

Phage

Arcane
Manlet
Joined
Jan 10, 2010
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yo dawgs i keep getting my ass kicked in ascension.

Is there a legitimate strategy to win, or is simply buying the best thing available and hoping for luck the only way to play?
 

meh

Educated
Joined
Dec 31, 2010
Messages
349
I've been playing a lot lately and ... I can't offer any good pocket strategy that would work every time. Thematic decks are fun to play but rarely manage to win. I suppose there are several key factors which allow you to win:

Firstly, "banish from your hand and discard pile" cards are a must. You can thin your deck by removing militia/apprentices to make sure you draw the right cards.
Thirdly, "draw x card/s" are a must too. There is little amount of them and they help to dig through your deck to get that one right card for the moment. But remember to avoid "temple librarian" - terrible card.
Remember another thing that in the ending turns "mechana constructs" are very good for their value-honor ratio and get as many as you can (or banish from the center if you can't get them).
Also, the "banish from the center" cards like "Seeker of..." are very good to deny opponents cards that you don't want or can't get.
I somewhat avoid "destroy target creature of 4 or less" and prefer "put any hero with rune cost of 3 or less on top of your deck", which paired with "draw a card" cards can allow to get heavy infantry or mystic that you need right now.
You can't only focus on killing monsters/getting mechana constructs/gaining honor from lifebounds - you have to combine your deck to have damage to kill at least one monster if needed and buy cards like "... Askara" or "Tablet ...".

Dunno if I said anything new to you, but these seems to be the general guidelines of Ascension
 
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